Environment

Students in Scarborough will be walking out of class today to take part in another protest to raise awareness of climate change.

Repairs to Whitby’s sewer network which has cost more than £1 million will finish next month, Yorkshire Water has confirmed.

With spring starting to bloom, Brits have been urged to look out for reptiles that call the UK home – including grass snakes, slow worms, vipers and even sand lizards.

More than 160 people have objected to a plan build 49 new homes on a parcel of land in Scarborough and next week the borough council’s planning committee will be asked to give the scheme the green light.

A controversial plan to build a flood deflector wall at Whitby’s historic West Pier is set to be approved.

Whitby Town Council has objected to plans to build a flood deflector wall at the town’s historic West Pier.

A project that has reduced the risk of coastal erosion and will encourage greater numbers of visitors to a beautiful North Yorkshire cove has been officially unveiled.

A contentious plan to expand a holiday village into an ecological habitat can now get under way after the applicant and Scarborough Council signed an agreement to create a new meadow for wildlife elsewhere in the borough.

Drivers who have been stuck in traffic leading up to the Seamer Road-Falsgrave Road junction in Scarborough will have to endure roadworks for another two weeks or so.

Concerns are growing over the future of what has been described as “a well-loved part of Filey”.

Almost 95% of missed bin collections reported to Scarborough Council in 2018 were the fault of the homeowner, not the refuse team, authority figures show.

North Yorkshire County Council has confirmed that the option of replacing trees in one of Scarborough's iconic tree-lined crescents is being considered.

Whitby Beach Sweep will launch the very first #2minutebeachclean Board in Staithes, this Wednesday.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has called on councils to make use of derelict and vacant land for the regeneration of towns and the provision of new homes.

England’s first seaweed farm which aims to help tackle plastic pollution by creating biodegradable bags is to be launched off the coast of Scarborough.

Staff and local volunteers at the North York Moors National Park Authority have planted more than 40,000 trees in a year as part of a woodland creation scheme funded by Sirius Minerals, the company behind the development of Whitby’s new multi-million pound fertiliser mine.